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The Jive Apps SDK beta provides a library of resources for creating and publishing Jive Apps. These resources include the APIs used to access information, the tooling to create, upload, and manage your apps, and the infrastructure provided by the Apps Market. The following table presents the high-level concepts in the SDK. Once you're familiar with these concepts, you can jump right in and build your first app by following the Jive Apps Basics Tutorial.

Google Should Run The Android App Store More Like Apple's, Says MLB.com CEO

In two year's time mobile phones will overtake computers as the most popular device for web browsing, John Barnes, managing director of digital and tech at Incisive Media, told delegates at the Mobile Media Strategies day.

Proof that if you make it available (the data that is) the apps will come!\nInteresting to see how quickly the geeks responded and how crowdsourcing can make up for inconsitencies or absence of data.

The premise of an app store model for enterprises is simple: By removing the middleman, the famous bottleneck between the business and IT demand can be reduced in many cases. Application backlogs can shrink, consumption of internal and external IT resources will increase, and fierce competition to provide the best solutions to niches can greatly improve overall quality (the long tail of IT argument), all while reducing costs. At least, that's what is possible if we look at what's happening to the non-enterprise software market today.

Where young people learn to create apps that change the world

Apps in Local Gov

A cool app showing which councils are publishing their spending data, whether the data is released with an 'open' licence, and whether is it available as 'linked data' (machine readable).

LGC article describing the Knowledge Hub and the KHub spend app.

Develop an app for Warwickshire Open data and win an IPad

Today we can announce that the web application, called Patchwork, we will be launched in prototype in Lichfield later this month. Patchwork is designed for people supporting complex families to build and strengthen their relationships, keeping the child and their family at the centre of everything they do. In short, Patchwork helps you: Get a quick and easy overview of the people you're supporting Find out who else is working with them and how to contact them Invite in other people you think should be involved Keep the picture up-to-date for all involved

The means to connect social networks and software applications together have existed for years but haven't been very open or useful enough to reach critical mass. That's been changing as OpenSocial has continued to doggedly improve and mature. The latest version has a chance to go mainstream, the question is if users will find the features compelling enough to use.

Open and linked data spend application for the Knowledge Hub

OpenScales is an open source (LGPL) mapping framework written in ActionScript 3 and Flex that enables developers to build Rich Internet Mapping Applications.

We are Directgov's agile development team, exploring new and innovative digital technologies and engaging with the developer community. You can use this site to access all our latest projects.

Axiis is an open source data visualization framework designed for beginner and expert developers alike. Whether you are building elegant charts for executive briefings or exploring the boundaries of advanced data visualization research, Axiis has something for you. Axiis provides both pre-built visualization components as well as abstract layout patterns and rendering classes that allow you to create your own unique visualizations.

CLMS provides a web-based repository for the storage, maintenance, distribution and mapping of code lists. Code lists are definitive data standards used within databases and other software applications to organise and structure information.

Oakland Crimespotting is an interactive map of crimes in Oakland and a tool for understanding crime in cities.